1996-97 San Jose Lasers Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 18-22
Finishing 2nd in the ABL's Western Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost semifinals

Semifinals - Lost to Columbus Quest 2-0
Coach: Jan Lowrey (18-22)
Location: San Jose, California
Attendance: 63,623, Avg. 3,181 in 20 home dates

1996-97 San Jose Lasers Roster

The San Jose Lasers of the American Basketball League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 18 wins and 22 losses, finishing second in the ABL's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Lasers scored 2,920 points and allowed 2,990. Sheri Sam tossed in a team-leading 561 points for San Jose, while Val Whiting-Raymond netted 12 or more per game as well. Val Whiting-Raymond racked up 239 boards. Sonja Henning dished out 126 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Sonja Henning added 90 steals.

Jan Lowrey coached the team. The 1996-97 San Jose Lasers lost in the semifinals of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sheri Sam	F-G	39	34	1258	487	210	117	36	146	105	83	127	210	117	75	5	125	118	561
Val Whiting-Raymond	C-F	37	33	1098	375	160	11	3	202	141	84	155	239	49	77	50	77	86	464
Trisha Stafford-Odom	F	37	18	907	313	125	81	27	183	148	55	111	166	85	69	6	110	93	425
Anita Kaplan	C	40	37	973	346	174	0	0	93	51	87	114	201	33	12	15	65	140	399
Sonja Henning	G	40	40	1515	270	107	62	17	101	68	54	156	210	126	90	7	95	115	299
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	20	18	618	187	67	38	10	62	51	21	40	61	36	15	2	64	42	195
Jennifer Azzi	G	11	11	416	100	57	41	17	61	52	9	29	38	52	20	2	34	32	183
Jamillah Lang	F	29	0	254	118	43	50	16	41	26	17	29	46	8	8	1	17	30	128
Jenni Ruff	G-F	35	6	433	112	35	32	12	42	38	24	37	61	42	12	4	67	63	120
Kimberly Wood	C	32	0	355	59	29	0	0	67	40	41	50	91	10	10	7	25	49	98
Samantha Williams	G-F	25	3	241	68	17	24	5	10	9	7	22	29	19	8	2	31	25	48
Nekeshia Henderson	G	6	0	11	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	2	0
Ingrid Dixson	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		352	200	8080	2441	1024	460	143	1008	729	482	871	1353	579	397	101	714	795	2920

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sheri Sam	F-G	39	34	32.3	43.1	30.8	71.9	2.1	3.3	5.4	3.0	1.9	0.1	3.2	3.0	14.4
Val Whiting-Raymond	C-F	37	33	29.7	42.7	27.3	69.8	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.3	2.1	1.4	2.1	2.3	12.5
Trisha Stafford-Odom	F	37	18	24.5	39.9	33.3	80.9	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.3	1.9	0.2	3.0	2.5	11.5
Anita Kaplan	C	40	37	24.3	50.3		54.8	2.2	2.9	5.0	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.6	3.5	10.0
Sonja Henning	G	40	40	37.9	39.6	27.4	67.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.2	2.3	0.2	2.4	2.9	7.5
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	20	18	30.9	35.8	26.3	82.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.8	0.8	0.1	3.2	2.1	9.8
Jennifer Azzi	G	11	11	37.8	57.0	41.5	85.2	0.8	2.6	3.5	4.7	1.8	0.2	3.1	2.9	16.6
Jamillah Lang	F	29	0	8.8	36.4	32.0	63.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.0	4.4
Jenni Ruff	G-F	35	6	12.4	31.3	37.5	90.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.9	1.8	3.4
Kimberly Wood	C	32	0	11.1	49.2		59.7	1.3	1.6	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.5	3.1
Samantha Williams	G-F	25	3	9.6	25.0	20.8	90.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.2	1.0	1.9
Nekeshia Henderson	G	6	0	1.8	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0
Ingrid Dixson	C	1	0	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		352	200	23.0	42.0	31.1	72.3	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.6	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.3	8.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sheri Sam	F-G	2	2	67	24	11	5	2	5	4	15	7	6	0	11	10	28
Val Whiting-Raymond	C-F	2	2	64	17	10	0	0	8	6	15	5	2	0	3	7	26
Jamillah Lang	F	2	0	41	13	7	8	4	6	5	5	4	0	1	9	6	23
Sonja Henning	G	2	2	78	17	8	4	2	2	1	8	8	5	1	7	9	19
Anita Kaplan	C	2	2	46	14	8	0	0	3	1	8	2	1	2	6	6	17
Trisha Stafford-Odom	F	2	0	27	9	0	4	0	13	10	4	6	3	0	6	6	10
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	2	2	44	8	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	8	8
Kimberly Wood	C	2	0	22	4	3	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	3	0	7
Jenni Ruff	G-F	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		18	10	394	106	51	21	8	38	28	66	32	17	5	58	52	138

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sheri Sam	F-G	2	2	33.5	45.8	40.0	80.0	7.5	3.5	3.0	0.0	5.5	5.0	14.0
Val Whiting-Raymond	C-F	2	2	32.0	58.8		75.0	7.5	2.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	3.5	13.0
Jamillah Lang	F	2	0	20.5	53.8	50.0	83.3	2.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	4.5	3.0	11.5
Sonja Henning	G	2	2	39.0	47.1	50.0	50.0	4.0	4.0	2.5	0.5	3.5	4.5	9.5
Anita Kaplan	C	2	2	23.0	57.1		33.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	3.0	8.5
Trisha Stafford-Odom	F	2	0	13.5	0.0	0.0	76.9	2.0	3.0	1.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	2	2	22.0	50.0			1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	4.0	4.0
Kimberly Wood	C	2	0	11.0	75.0		100.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	3.5
Jenni Ruff	G-F	2	0	2.5				0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Averages		352	10	21.9	48.1	38.1	73.7	3.7	1.8	0.9	0.3	3.2	2.9	7.7

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